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Full HD at 32" will cause you issues, yes. Small text will be annoying to read because of the distance. When closer to it everything will look horrible because the pixel density is really low. And you'll have to do a lot of tweaking to turn off all enhancers to get a proper view.

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+devHead 1,334

Monitors are less expensive and have higher refresh and resolution rates for similar sizes. So, why would you buy a TV to use as a monitor? I had a friend a few years back who got a television as a monitor and he had a bear of a time getting the resolution to be up where it made it practical. He did finally, but the image quality (for PC use) was just not as good as a comparable sized monitor. My recommendation, don't waste your money. Heck, if you want to have television on your PC monitor, it would be better to get a video card with a TV tuner built into it.

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I use two TV's as monitors, one in the living room and one in the bedroom, both are used from a distance though, and I have to increase the scaling to like 175% to make them comfortable to read, but that gives you much less usable space. I also zoom web pages to 133%.

I only really use them for media and web browsing though and some light file management.

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+Zag L. 230

What I don't understand is you have in the past talked about your abundant cash flow yet go cheap on a monitor/TV. Either spend the money for a real monitor or at the very least buy a decent quality TV so that when it doesn't work out as a monitor, you still have a good TV. Dell, HP, NEC and Lenovo all make wonderful 30" monitors. I mean really, 200 bucks for a 32" Insignia Best Buy house brand... don't do it.

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What I don't understand is you have in the past talked about your abundant cash flow yet go cheap on a monitor/TV. Either spend the money for a real monitor or at the very least buy a decent quality TV so that when it doesn't work out as a monitor, you still have a good TV. Dell, HP, NEC and Lenovo all make wonderful 30" monitors. I mean really, 200 bucks for a 32" Insignia Best Buy house brand... don't do it.

And that has what to do with how much I want to spend for a monitor? I asked the question for a reason. Yes I have abundant cash flow but I don't spend like a mad man. If I can buy a 27 inch monitor for $230 or a 32inch TV for $199, why wouldn't I buy the TV? Having a lot of cash doesn't mean you have to spend every dime.

If you must know about the methods behind my decision, the TV is also Roku ready like the other 4 TV's in my house so when I'm not working, I can watch Hulu or Netflix in my office. I can do more work on my laptop if anything.

If you're working with Spreadsheets and fine details like that, I'd suggest getting a Monitor. I use my Computer for gaming mostly so the TV is fine.

Okay that makes sense. I'm gaming more and more on my computer and could probably shift more work to my laptop.